Hair curler



June 10, 1941.

J. JACOBS 2,244,707

HAIR CURLER Filed Feb. 7,' 1940 I N V EN TOR. JOSEPH JACO BS flTTOR/VEYPatented June 10, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIQE HAIR CURLERApplication February 7, 1940, Serial No. 317,619

1 Claim.

This invention relates to improvements in hair curlers and has for oneof its objects to provide an improved curler of simple and practicalconstruction wherein the body of the curler is made of separate sectionscapable of detachment one from the other, and in which a retaining meansfor said sections consists of end members removably engageable with theends of said body and connected to each other by a hair strand-retainingelement.

The above and other objects will appear more clearly from the followingdetailed description when taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawing which illustrates a preferred embodiment of the inventive idea.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of a hair curlerconstructed in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a top plan view thereof.

Figure 3 is a section on the line 3--3 of Fig ure 1.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the three parts of the curlerseparated from each other.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the curler, illustrating the initialstep in the formation of a curl, and

Figure 6 is a similar view showing the curl completed and the parts ofthe curler in fully as sembled position.

In the preferred form herein illustrated, the body of the curler isshown as comprising a pair of elongated sections 1 of like constructionmade of resilient material, such as rubber, and of solid formation. Theseparate sections, which are completely detachable from one another, arelongitudinally tapered and each has a flat inner surface 8 adapted tocontact the corresponding surface of the other section throughout theentire length thereof when said sections are in assembled, cooperativerelation and before the interposition of the end of a strand of hairtherebetween, as indicated in Figure 5. The outer surface of eachsection is of substantially semicylindrical contour so that when thesections are placed together the body of the curler will besubstantially cylindrical in form. Said outer surface of each section isalso longitudinally fluted, as indicated at 9, to provide grooves whichform air spaces within the strand of hair wound upon the curler body, tothus facilitate drying of the hair. By tapering the sections 1, a woundstrand thereon may be more easily removed when it is slipped off thesmaller end of the curler body.

The invention further comprises a retaining means having the dualfunctions of releasably holding the ends of the two sections 1 incooperative relation and of retaining or clamping a wound strand of hairin place on the curler body. Said means preferably is made of a singlepiece of rubber, or the like, and comprises two end caps l0 and l l ofdifferent sizes, the larger cap H) being adapted to receive therein thelarger ends of the sections 1. When the cap I l is fitted over thesmaller ends of said sections, the latter will be held in cooperativerelation so as to clamp the end of a hair strand therebetween. Joiningthe inner open ends of said caps 10 and II, is a retaining strap l2which is of such length that when the device is in position upon thebody of the curler and a hair strand is wound thereon, said strap willbe more or less stretched over said strand, as shown in Figure 6, tothereby aid in retaining the strand in its normal condition.

In practice, when it is desired to wind a strand of hair upon thecurler, the cap It! may first be placed over the larger ends of thesections 1, as in Figure 5, to hold them together and, after the freeend of said strand has been placed between said sections, the same arerotated to wind the strand thereabout. With the curl completed, as inFigure 6, the cap I I is then mounted upon the smaller end of the curlerbody after stretching the strap 12 over said strand. The curl is thussecurely held in position while setting and can be readily removed fromthe body of the curler by first detaching the cap H from the smallerends of the sections 1 and then slipping the curl oif said body in thedirection of said ends.

What is claimed is:

A hair curler consisting of three one-piece sections of resilientrubber, two of said sections being identical in conformation and eachbeing in the form of a slightly tapered semi-cylinder withlongitudinally extending flutes on its convex surface, and said pieceswhen assembled by bringing their fiat surfaces into contact constitutingthe body portion of the hair curler, said body portion being in the formof a slightly tapered cylinder with longitudinally extending flutes onits convex surface, and a unitary retaining member of elastic rubber,said retaining member comprising a hollow cap of resilient rubberadapted to fit tightly over the wider end of said body portion so as toclamp the wider ends of the two sections thereof together, and a secondhollow cap adapted to fit tightly over the narrower end of said bodyportion, so as to clamp the narrower ends of the sections thereoftogether, and a retaining strap joining said caps and resistingdisplacement of said caps from their seated positions on the ends ofsaid body portion.

JOSEPH JACOBS.

